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Black Orpheus (Videotape)
- Title
- Black Orpheus (Videotape)
- Publication
- 1958.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Moving image | Use in library | *MGZIA 4-532 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 cassette. 103 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Modern retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. Includes numerous scenes of informal dancing in the streets, a rehearsal for Carnival, Carnival itself, and a religious ritual with dancing.
- Uniform Title
- Orpheus (Choreographic work)
- Subjects
- Note
- Motion picture originally released in 1958 by Janus Films; reissued as a videotape in 1988 by Connoisseur Video Collection, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Co-produced by Dispatfilm Gemma Cinematografica and Tupan-Filmes. Director: Marcel Camus. Producer: Sacha Gordine.
- Choreography: Not credited. Music: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luis Bonfa. Screenplay: Jacques Viot, inspired by the play Orfeu da conçeicão by Vinicius de Moraes. Adaptation and dialogue: Jacques Viot, Marcel Camus.
- In Portuguese with English credits and subtitles. Original title: Orfeu negro.
- Performer (note)
- Breno Mello (Orpheus), Marpessa Dawn (Eurydice), Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, and others.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-532
- OCLC
- NYPY896029898-F
- Title
- Black Orpheus (Videotape)
- Imprint
- 1958.
- Cast
- Breno Mello (Orpheus), Marpessa Dawn (Eurydice), Lourdes de Oliveira, Lea Garcia, Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, and others.
- Local Subject
- Motion pictures. Black Orpheus.
- Local Subject
- Dance -- Brazil.
- Added Author
- Mello, Breno. PerformerDawn, Marpessa. PerformerJobim, Antonio Carlos. ArrangerViot, Jacques. ScreenwriterCamus, Marcel, 1912-1982. DirectorGordine, Sacha. Producer
- Added Title
- Orpheus (Choreographic work)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-532